Highlights
- Ryan Reynolds earns more money from investing in various companies than from his movie roles, with a reported net worth of $350 million.
- Among his most successful investments is Mint Mobile, in which he has a 25% stake estimated at $340 million after T-Mobile's purchase in 2023.
- Reynolds also invests in brands he likes, such as Aviation Gin, and uses storytelling to approach his emotional investment in companies through his production company Maximum Effort.
While Ryan Reynolds could have stopped acting altogether, fans of his hit movies like Deadpool are definitely glad that he didn't. He is one of the most popular actors working today and stars in a good mix of comedic and action movies. Although his marriage to Blake Lively often puts him in the spotlight since they are hilarious together, the actor also gets people talking when he invests in various companies.
Reynolds's movie The Croods made a lot of money. And many of his films have been huge successes. But even though Ryan Reynolds earns a lot from his movies, he might actually take home even more money from investing.
How Much Money Does Ryan Reynolds Earn From Investments?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ryan Reynolds has a net worth of $350 million. But while much of his net worth comes from his movie roles, he has actually earned the most from investing in various companies.
Ryan Reynolds's movie salaries are often in the tens of millions. He was paid $27 million when he starred in 6 Underground and after earning $22 million for Deadpool, that number jumped to $30-$40 million for the sequel Deadpool 2. But while he absolutely earns more money from his films than many other actors, he is actually earning more from his investments.
Reynolds might make over $300 million from investing in Mint Mobile. According to CBS News, T-Mobile purchased Mint Mobile in 2023 and paid $1.35 billion. Reynolds invested back in 2019. His stake in Mint Mobile is 25% and reports say that equals $340 million.
Although no exact numbers have been confirmed, that is definitely a higher payout than Reynolds has gotten from a single movie. While it's amazing that he can earn $20 million from a movie role, he seems to be earning much more from his investments.
Reynolds's most well-known investment was in Aviation Gin. He invested in the brand in 2018 and according to a Food and Wine article from 2020, Diageo purchased Aviation Gin for $610 million.
The actor also invested in Wealthsimple. According to Global News, the company was given $750 million from a variety of investors, and some of them are familiar names. Patrick Marleau, Dwight Powell, Kelly Olynyk, Michael J. Fox, Ryan Reynolds and Drake all invested.
Ryan Reynolds's net worth is definitely only going to grow. In April 2023, Bloomberg reported that his latest investment is in Nuvei, a fintech business in Canada. The actor's official statement reads, “Nuvei is impressive. The leadership team is exceedingly intelligent and hard-working and it’s about time a Canadian company got the type of attention American tech companies do. I know about as much about fintech as I did about gin or mobile a few years ago.”
Besides investing in different companies, Reynolds also has a film production company called Maximum Effort. The website has a sense of humor and the homepage reads, "Maximum Effort makes movies, tv series, content, ads, and cocktails for the personal amusement of Hollywood Star Ryan Reynolds. We occasionally release them to the general public." This is further proof that the actor has a good time no matter what he does. And since he doesn't take himself too seriously, he has accumulated a massive fanbase over the course of his career.
What Has Ryan Reynolds Said About Investing?
It's amazing to think that Ryan Reynolds seems like a down-to-earth person when fans consider how much money he makes all the time. He has been in the acting world for a really long time. He starred in the 1990 movie Fifteen and the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. But in the past few years, he seems to have found a love of investing.
In an interview with CNBC, Reynolds shared his approach to investing. He shared that he takes a different approach since he has a background in acting. He explained, “The most successful B2B companies on the planet all have a story to tell. For me, it’s all about that creative. The financial investment side of it, I’m no wizard. The emotional investment side, that’s the part where I get the most fun.”
The actor continued to CNBC, “My job is storytelling. I think at Maximum Effort our job would be more defined as not necessarily financial investment but emotional investment.”
Ryan Reynolds talked about investing in an interview with The Washington Post and also talked about "storytelling."
He said, "we all kind of look at it all as storytelling, really. I mean, you know, whether you're talking about the unexpected nature of sports, low-cost wireless, gin, connected TV marketing, ad tech, those kinds of things. You know, the connective tissue between each one of those things is, ironically, storytelling, the same way it is with movies. That's the thing I love about these businesses and the variety of them."
Reynolds told The Washington Post that while people can tell when an actor just wants to make money quickly from an investment, he loves what he promotes and he is genuine. He also said that talking about Aviation Gin is enjoyable. He explained, "I love marketing Aviation Gin because the spirits business, there's a little bit of mischief, there, which is, I think, a lot of fun--certainly a lot of fun for me to tell that story."
In the same interview, Reynolds also talked about how he puts money into brands that he likes. He talked about ordering Negronis while filming Deadpool in Vancouver and learning about Aviation Gin as this was the type of alcohol being used in these cocktails. This led to him investing in the company.
Ryan Reynolds does seem to enjoy talking about the brands that he has put money into. While he still seems to be passionate about starring in movies, he has developed other interests over the years. And he always has interesting things to say about his business investments. It's pretty awe-inspiring to see the amount of money that the actor makes from investing.
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